The BIMM Institute (Formerly British and Irish Modern Music (BIMM) Institute) is a group of eight independent colleges with over 7,000 students that specialise in the provision of creative education in Brighton, Bristol, London, Dublin, Manchester, Berlin, Birmingham, and Hamburg. BIMM was founded in Brighton in 2001 as the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, and BIMM Bristol opened in 2008. After acquiring the Tech Music School London (TMS) in 2010, the BIMM Group opened BIMM Dublin in 2011, BIMM Manchester in 2013, BIMM Berlin in 2015, BIMM Birmingham in 2017, and BIMM Hamburg in 2019.